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Coeur D'Alene Tribe's Enduring Relation To Water -- A Legal History, Dylan R. Hedden-Nicely Oct 2014

Coeur D'Alene Tribe's Enduring Relation To Water -- A Legal History, Dylan R. Hedden-Nicely

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Coeur D'Alene Tribe's Claims In The Coeur D'Alene-Spokane River Basin Adjudication, Dylan R. Hedden-Nicely Oct 2014

Coeur D'Alene Tribe's Claims In The Coeur D'Alene-Spokane River Basin Adjudication, Dylan R. Hedden-Nicely

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Tales Of Color And Colonialism: Racial Realism And Settler Colonial Theory, Natsu Taylor Saito Sep 2014

Tales Of Color And Colonialism: Racial Realism And Settler Colonial Theory, Natsu Taylor Saito

Florida A & M University Law Review

More than a half-century after the civil rights era, people of color in the United States remain disproportionately impoverished and incarcerated, excluded and vulnerable. Legal remedies rooted in the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection remain elusive. This article argues that the "racial realism" advocated by the late Professor Derrick Bell compels us to look critically at the purposes served by racial hierarchy. By stepping outside the master narrative's depiction of the United States as a "nation of immigrants" with opportunity for all, we can recognize it as a settler state, much like Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. It could not …


Law, Violence, And The Neurotic Structure Of American Indian Law, Sarah Krakoff Jan 2014

Law, Violence, And The Neurotic Structure Of American Indian Law, Sarah Krakoff

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Introductory Remarks, James Anaya Jan 2014

Introductory Remarks, James Anaya

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These remarks were delivered at a Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights panel held on Wednesday, April 9, 2014.


Indigenous Peoples And The Jurisgenerative Moment In Human Rights, Kristen A. Carpenter, Angela R. Riley Jan 2014

Indigenous Peoples And The Jurisgenerative Moment In Human Rights, Kristen A. Carpenter, Angela R. Riley

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As indigenous peoples have become actively engaged in the human rights movement around the world, the sphere of international law, once deployed as a tool of imperial power and conquest, has begun to change shape. Increasingly, international human rights law serves as a basis for indigenous peoples' claims against states and even influences indigenous groups' internal processes of decolonization and revitalization. Empowered by a growing body of human rights instruments, some as embryonic as the 2007 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), indigenous peoples are embracing a global "human rights culture" to articulate rights ranging from …